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Student hairstyle rules get a makeover

Military-style buzz cuts for boys and pudding-bowl cuts for girls will no longer be a must at schools run by the Education Ministry, minister Treenuch Thienthong says. (Bangkok Post File Photo)

Students in schools under the Ministry of Education will be allowed to wear short or long hair as they like under a new regulation intended to respond to an age-old debate, Education Minister Treenuch Thienthong said on Tuesday.

The ministry was responding to persistent calls for amendments to a 2020 ministry regulation on students’ hairstyles, particularly penalties that are seen as physically and mentally harmful, she said.

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